RHRAP Policy Paper title A Glance at Liberia’s Criminal Justice System-CJS – The Perspectives of human Rights, Rule of Law, and the Tendence of Democracy"
This policy paper is intended to inform stakeholders of Liberia’s Criminal Justice System-CJS about some of the critical issues that are affecting the full adherent to the rule of law, fundamental human rights, and democratic values.  As such, it should be considered as a reference document and a tool in understanding the current context of Linaria’s penal system, and designing an appropriate intervention that seeks to address some of the key challenges to Liberia’s Panel System identified. As a Civil Society Organization working to promote, protect the fundamental human rights and the rule of law through the monitoring of prisons, and detention sites, courts, etc. this short paper is carefully written based on the findings of RHRAP project interventions at various levels intended to promote collective efforts in addressing key challenges to the adherence to the rule of law, fundamental human rights and democratic values. For the past eight years, using funding from the European Union-EU, National Endowment for Democracy-NED, USAID, All We Can etc., RHRAP has worked with the Ministry of Justice especially the Bureau of Corrections and Rehabilitation-BCR, the Human Rights Department at the MOJ, Civil Society Organizations-CSOs and various communities in the implementations of some key activities that have supported the promotion and protection of the rule of law, fundamental human rights and democratic values in Liberia. Additional activities undertaken include but not limited to providing capacity building training for Police, and Correction Officers on human rights perspective in policing and correction , Training for Inmates to fully comply with prisons’ rules, facilitating legal representations for prolonged pretrial detainees, psychosocial & livelihood training for inmates including reintegration packages, the provision of capacity building training for Religious, Traditional and Community Leaders on how the Criminal Justice System-CJS works from arrests-court-detention-parole, the provision of medications/drugs for inmates  amongst others. All of the above activities have been complimented by adequate monitoring of prisons, police withholding cells and visitations to some Magisterial Courts across the country which have grounded RHRAP in adequately providing succinct analysis of the situation on the ground.   

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